Delicate markers
Subtitle: subtexts in Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a beheading
By: Gavriel Shapiro.
Series: Middlebury studies in Russian language and literature ;; v. 19
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.
Description: Delicate Markers is the first book-length study of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Invitation to a Beheading (1935-36), a masterpiece that has received a great deal of scholarly attention, second only to Lolita, among Nabokov's works. Contrary to the prevailing critical practice of interpreting the novel along specific lines, such as political or metaphysical, Shapiro considers its diverse subtexts, the implicit meanings, thereby achieving more complex and multifaceted perspectives.

Even though centering on one work from Nabokov's Russian canon, Shapiro demonstrates the complexity of interartistic and cross-cultural ties in the writer's entire oeuvre, which became especially apparent in his "American years."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-235) and index.